常識

See also: 常识

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	to record; write a footnote; to know to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge
trad. (常識)		常	識
simp. (常识)		常	识

Pronunciation

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edit edit 常時 / 常时 常識 / 常识 常食 長時 / 长时 長石 / 长石

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edit edit 嘗試 / 尝试 常事 常侍 常是 常識 / 常识 長逝 / 长逝

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángshí, chángshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˊ, ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sòng-sṳt
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siông-sek / siông-siak / siâng-sit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁵ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-shih²
    • Yale: cháng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngshyr
    • Palladius: чанши (čanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-shih⁴
    • Yale: cháng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngshyh
    • Palladius: чанши (čanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: sèuhng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sòng-sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: song^ˇ siid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song² sid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ¹¹ sɨt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-sek
    • Tâi-lô: siông-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-siak
    • Tâi-lô: siông-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng-sit
    • Tâi-lô: siâng-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangsid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³⁻²² sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion⁵ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siôⁿ sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Noun

常識

1. common knowledge; general knowledge

   健康常識／健康常识  ―  jiànkāng chángshí  ―  elementary health knowledge

2. common sense

   缺乏常識／缺乏常识  ―  quēfá chángshí  ―  to lack common sense

Synonyms

• (common knowledge):

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• 知識面 / 知识面
• 通識 / 通识 (tōngshí)

• (common sense): 常理 (chánglǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (常識):

• → Japanese: 常識(じょうしき) (jōshiki)
• → Korean: 상식(常識) (sangsik)
• → Vietnamese: thường thức (常識)

References

• “常識”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.